Trump’s latest financial disclosure reveals millions in crypto-related income. That’s adding real urgency to the push for ethics restrictions in the crypto bill moving through Congress.
The filing shows just how entangled the president’s business interests are with digital assets. Lawmakers on both sides are pointing at it as Exhibit A for why the bill needs clear ethics language — not just market structure rules.
“We desperately need legislation that includes an agreement on ethics,” one negotiator told The Block. The disclosure is making it harder to kick that can down the road.
The bill was already controversial. Adding ethics provisions around conflicts of interest in crypto policy is proving to be one of the stickiest points. The disclosure gives ammunition to those arguing that lawmakers can’t write crypto rules without also writing rules about who profits from them.
Negotiations are ongoing. The clock is ticking.
